Ye Zi was taken aback by Little Gray Que's nonsensical words, and asked, "Why do you want to become a woman?"
The little gray bird sat down by the stone table in the yard, propped its chin, and said with a sad face: "Ah's mother said that only women can be princes and concubines."
"Noble Concubine Yu?" Ye Zi asked, "What did she tell you?"
The little gray bird said: "She didn't tell me, she told Ah Xun."
"...A few days ago, Imperial Concubine Yu brought many beautiful women to the palace to ask Ah Jun to choose a concubine. Ah Jun refused and argued with her a few words, which I overheard."
Ye Zi immediately understood.
Concubine Yu had a difficult childbirth in her early years and was unable to have another child since then. Therefore, Emperor Jinghe adopted the young Gu Xing to her and let her be raised as his own child.Concubine Yu did not stop thinking about being a queen mother, and taught Gu Xing how to fight for power and throne since she was a child.
The crown prince cannot live without concubines and heirs.
The little gray bird should have heard this before he came up with this idea.
Ye Zi sighed inwardly.From the first day he knew that the little gray bird was with Gu Xing, he was worried that such a thing would happen, and now it really happened as he expected.Ye Zi thought for a while and asked, "Queer, do you like the third prince?"
The little gray bird tilted its head to look at him: "Of course I like it."
Ye Zi said: "I mean, is it the kind of love that you want to stay with him forever and never part?"
The little gray bird blinked and nodded seriously: "Well, I want to be with Ah Jun forever, just like the scholar and his wife in the story book."
When he said this, he seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes dimmed: "But can a man be someone else's wife..."
Ye Zi said: "This is possible, but..."
The era they live in is not in history. According to the law of the current dynasty, two men can get married, but the party who gets married must first marry a woman as the main wife, and then the man who marries in can only be used as a concubine.
It was also because of this that when Gu Yan insisted on making Ye Zi the main concubine, he was opposed by everyone.
The ancients put the most importance on the succession of the family. Although male wives were not excluded, they were not allowed to cut off children and grandchildren just because they married a male wife.
It is even more impossible for a noble prince like Gu Xing to marry a man as his concubine.
Ye Zi thought about it and said, "Que'er, it's not impossible for you to marry the third prince, but as a prince, neither the Holy One nor Concubine Yu would allow him to marry a man as his wife. If he listens to Concubine Yu, marry him." A concubine may still have hope to include you by her side."
"I can't do that." The little gray bird opened her eyes wide and shook her head again and again, "If that's the case, how pitiful that woman is. I can't let Ah Xun do this."
The little gray bird sighed: "It would be great if I could become a woman, so Ah Xun wouldn't be embarrassed."
Ye Zi stroked his hair, and was about to persuade him, when Little Gray Sparrow suddenly raised his head to look at him: "Little Ye Zi, don't you think it would be fine if I marry Ah Jun? Then he won't be forced to marry someone else woman."
Ye Zi was speechless for a while, before he could reply, a voice suddenly came: "What nonsense are you talking about?"
The little gray bird stood up and hid behind Ye Zi with a guilty conscience.
Gu Xun and Gu Yan walked into the courtyard with a rather helpless expression.
The little gray sparrow poked its head out from behind Ye Zi, and said in a weak voice, "I didn't say anything... Ah Xun, you guys finished talking so quickly."
Gu Xun responded, and said, "Let's go, don't bother my cousin and them anymore."
The little gray bird was not happy, and resisted: "I won't go, I just had a few words with Xiao Yezi."
Gu Xun walked up to him and said, "Didn't you keep thinking about going to the teahouse to listen to books? I specially asked someone to book a seat, if you don't go, you won't be able to catch up."
"Wow, then we have to go quickly!" Little Gray Sparrow hastily took Gu Xun's hand and walked out, then turned her head and shouted at Ye Zi, "Little Ye Zi, I will come to see you and the prince next time, let's go first. "
After finishing speaking, he dragged Gu Xun away from the palace in a hurry.After the two left, Gu Yan walked towards Ye Zi and said with a smile, "What did the little sparrow tell you, that you want to marry Gu Ting?"
Ye Zi couldn't laugh or cry.
Only Little Gray Finch dared to treat the third prince like this.
Ye Zi didn't say any more about the little gray sparrow's troubles, and followed Gu Yan into the house: "The third prince has promised to help?"
Gu Yandao: "Well, he told me that he was really worried about the safety of that little sparrow these days. I have a clue to give him here, and he can't wait for it."
Ye Zi asked, "What are you going to do?"
Gu Yan replied: "I have told him what I know. I believe that within a few days, he will be able to find out who is pretending to be a ghost in Chang'an City, and present it to Emperor Jinghe. As long as it is confirmed that those rumors are man-made , even if the Wen family wants to do anything, it will not be so easy."
Ye Zi said apologetically, "I'm sorry, it's all because of my carelessness this time."
Gu Yan didn't take it seriously: "What are you thinking, what does this have to do with you?"
Ye Zi said: "If I hadn't been discovered by the Wen family this time, I wouldn't have caused so much trouble."
Gu Yan shook his head: "It's not your fault, it's my oversight."
"After I resigned from my marriage with Chang Ning, I shouldn't have relaxed so quickly. They failed in the assassination, and then drove Chang Ning 'crazy'. I should have expected that the Wen family would not let it go."
Ye Zi was startled: "They also did that assassination?"
"It's probably close to ten, but I'm sure, Wen Shuhou must know about it." Gu Yan sneered and mocked, "This Duke Protector has never been a simple person, remember the previous Pei who secretly conspired with foreign enemies?" Yuan Zhi? He is Wen Shuhou's confidant, I don't believe that Wen Shuhou really knows nothing about what he did.
"...Wen Shuhou has done a lot of things behind the scenes these years, and I have already informed Gu Xing. There are some things that are inconvenient for me to do, so I have to let the third prince do it for me."
Ye Zi was stunned for a moment: "But you are not afraid..."
In his memory, after Gu Jun brought down Wen Shuhou, the crown prince mistakenly thought it was Gu Yan who did it, and completely pointed the finger at him.
Prince Gu Sheng is not a smart person, but behind him is a queen.That queen was cruel and merciless, and secretly used many bad tricks for the prince.
Now that Gu Yan has taken the initiative to disclose the matter of Wen Shuhou to Gu Zhen, will he also go on that road?
Ye Zi wanted to mention him, but he didn't know how to speak. Gu Yan suddenly asked, "A Zi, are you worried that after Gu Jun overthrows Duke Hu, it will be my turn to be the next one to suffer?"
Ye Zi bit her lip and nodded.
"Don't worry too much, I know it well." Gu Yan said, "Just now in the study, I had an open and honest talk with Gu Xun. Whether he seems to be fighting for power or taking the position, I will not interfere, and even Will help him in the dark."
"...I only ask him for one thing, and that is that if one day he ascends to the throne of God, he will let me leave Chang'an and find a happy place with you, and never care about the imperial power struggle."
Ye Zi's eyes suddenly became hot: "My lord..."
Gu Yan sighed, stepped forward and put him in his arms: "My Azi, are you still doubting me?"
Ye Zi shook his head: "I didn't..."
"It doesn't matter." Gu Yan interrupted him, "I didn't have an agreement with Gu Xing before, and I was always worried. Now that the matter has been resolved, it's time to talk about our matter."
Gu Yan found a carriage and took the two of them out of the city.
When Ye Zi came here, he came here on foot, and he walked for almost two hours.This time I changed to a car, and within half an hour, I arrived at Gu Yan's villa outside the city.
The two got out of the carriage, and the two guards outside Biezhuang hurriedly saluted them: "This subordinate has met the prince and concubine."
Gu Yan said: "My concubine and I came here to relax, we don't need to be waited on, just stay outside."
"Yes."
Gu Yan then pulled Ye Zi into the door.
Although the Biezhuang is not inhabited, it has been cleaned regularly.It is late spring now, and the flowers and plants in the yard have been carefully pruned, and they are flourishing and pleasant.But Ye Zi wasn't in the mood to appreciate the scenery, he didn't say a word the whole time, and his palms were sweating from nervousness.
Ye Zi couldn't tell exactly what mood he was in right now, he could roughly guess what Gu Yan would say to him, but he felt a little fearful in his heart.If it wasn't for Gu Yan holding his shoulders, he might have already run away at this moment.
Gu Yan noticed his strangeness, tilted his head and smiled and said, "I can feel your heartbeat from such a distance."
Ye Zi counseled, "Either...or let's go back."
Gu Yan said: "You don't want to hear me talk about the cause and effect?"
Ye Zi bit her lower lip.
He had kept this matter in his mind for so long, so he naturally wanted to figure it out, but...
Ye Zi didn't answer for a while, Gu Yan held his hand tightly, and said without a doubt: "A Zi, even if you want to leave today, I won't let you go. You have a good temper, you just like to put things aside. It's all stuffy."
Gu Yan looked down at him, sighed, and said softly: "It was like this in the past, and it's like this now..."
After finishing speaking, regardless of Ye Zi's thoughts, he was led into the small room where Ye Zi discovered the secret room.Gu Yan pushed open the door of the darkroom in front of Ye Zi, pulled him in, and lit the lights in the darkroom.
The dark room still looks like it did when Ye Zi left. The papers that were scattered on the floor were sorted out by Ye Zi and placed neatly on the table.
Gu Yan stepped forward and slid his fingers across the rice paper: "I rarely come here when I am awake. Over the years, every time I come here, I am delirious and muddleheaded. When I wake up, I find it difficult to face it. Get away in a hurry."
He unfolded a scroll of calligraphy and painting, and beckoned to Ye Zi who was still standing at the door: "Come here, why are you standing there in a daze."
Ye Zi walked over, and Gu Yan was looking down at the picture scroll in front of him seriously.
After a long time, he said softly, "Have you seen everything here?"
Ye Zi shook his head: "I haven't read all of it."
Gu Yan chuckled: "I wrote these words when I was not awake. There is nothing to see, but these paintings can be seen."
He lowered his head and rummaged through the scrolls, and with a wave of his hand, several scrolls were unfolded on the table one by one.
After his sorting, Ye Zi noticed that the ages of the people in the scroll were obviously different.From childhood to adulthood, it is like another person who has recorded a person's life with his eyes and brush.
Ye Zi's heart skipped a beat, Gu Yan raised his head and looked at him seriously: "The contents of these paintings are my personal experiences since I was a child."
"The person in the painting is not someone else, but you."
The little gray bird sat down by the stone table in the yard, propped its chin, and said with a sad face: "Ah's mother said that only women can be princes and concubines."
"Noble Concubine Yu?" Ye Zi asked, "What did she tell you?"
The little gray bird said: "She didn't tell me, she told Ah Xun."
"...A few days ago, Imperial Concubine Yu brought many beautiful women to the palace to ask Ah Jun to choose a concubine. Ah Jun refused and argued with her a few words, which I overheard."
Ye Zi immediately understood.
Concubine Yu had a difficult childbirth in her early years and was unable to have another child since then. Therefore, Emperor Jinghe adopted the young Gu Xing to her and let her be raised as his own child.Concubine Yu did not stop thinking about being a queen mother, and taught Gu Xing how to fight for power and throne since she was a child.
The crown prince cannot live without concubines and heirs.
The little gray bird should have heard this before he came up with this idea.
Ye Zi sighed inwardly.From the first day he knew that the little gray bird was with Gu Xing, he was worried that such a thing would happen, and now it really happened as he expected.Ye Zi thought for a while and asked, "Queer, do you like the third prince?"
The little gray bird tilted its head to look at him: "Of course I like it."
Ye Zi said: "I mean, is it the kind of love that you want to stay with him forever and never part?"
The little gray bird blinked and nodded seriously: "Well, I want to be with Ah Jun forever, just like the scholar and his wife in the story book."
When he said this, he seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes dimmed: "But can a man be someone else's wife..."
Ye Zi said: "This is possible, but..."
The era they live in is not in history. According to the law of the current dynasty, two men can get married, but the party who gets married must first marry a woman as the main wife, and then the man who marries in can only be used as a concubine.
It was also because of this that when Gu Yan insisted on making Ye Zi the main concubine, he was opposed by everyone.
The ancients put the most importance on the succession of the family. Although male wives were not excluded, they were not allowed to cut off children and grandchildren just because they married a male wife.
It is even more impossible for a noble prince like Gu Xing to marry a man as his concubine.
Ye Zi thought about it and said, "Que'er, it's not impossible for you to marry the third prince, but as a prince, neither the Holy One nor Concubine Yu would allow him to marry a man as his wife. If he listens to Concubine Yu, marry him." A concubine may still have hope to include you by her side."
"I can't do that." The little gray bird opened her eyes wide and shook her head again and again, "If that's the case, how pitiful that woman is. I can't let Ah Xun do this."
The little gray bird sighed: "It would be great if I could become a woman, so Ah Xun wouldn't be embarrassed."
Ye Zi stroked his hair, and was about to persuade him, when Little Gray Sparrow suddenly raised his head to look at him: "Little Ye Zi, don't you think it would be fine if I marry Ah Jun? Then he won't be forced to marry someone else woman."
Ye Zi was speechless for a while, before he could reply, a voice suddenly came: "What nonsense are you talking about?"
The little gray bird stood up and hid behind Ye Zi with a guilty conscience.
Gu Xun and Gu Yan walked into the courtyard with a rather helpless expression.
The little gray sparrow poked its head out from behind Ye Zi, and said in a weak voice, "I didn't say anything... Ah Xun, you guys finished talking so quickly."
Gu Xun responded, and said, "Let's go, don't bother my cousin and them anymore."
The little gray bird was not happy, and resisted: "I won't go, I just had a few words with Xiao Yezi."
Gu Xun walked up to him and said, "Didn't you keep thinking about going to the teahouse to listen to books? I specially asked someone to book a seat, if you don't go, you won't be able to catch up."
"Wow, then we have to go quickly!" Little Gray Sparrow hastily took Gu Xun's hand and walked out, then turned her head and shouted at Ye Zi, "Little Ye Zi, I will come to see you and the prince next time, let's go first. "
After finishing speaking, he dragged Gu Xun away from the palace in a hurry.After the two left, Gu Yan walked towards Ye Zi and said with a smile, "What did the little sparrow tell you, that you want to marry Gu Ting?"
Ye Zi couldn't laugh or cry.
Only Little Gray Finch dared to treat the third prince like this.
Ye Zi didn't say any more about the little gray sparrow's troubles, and followed Gu Yan into the house: "The third prince has promised to help?"
Gu Yandao: "Well, he told me that he was really worried about the safety of that little sparrow these days. I have a clue to give him here, and he can't wait for it."
Ye Zi asked, "What are you going to do?"
Gu Yan replied: "I have told him what I know. I believe that within a few days, he will be able to find out who is pretending to be a ghost in Chang'an City, and present it to Emperor Jinghe. As long as it is confirmed that those rumors are man-made , even if the Wen family wants to do anything, it will not be so easy."
Ye Zi said apologetically, "I'm sorry, it's all because of my carelessness this time."
Gu Yan didn't take it seriously: "What are you thinking, what does this have to do with you?"
Ye Zi said: "If I hadn't been discovered by the Wen family this time, I wouldn't have caused so much trouble."
Gu Yan shook his head: "It's not your fault, it's my oversight."
"After I resigned from my marriage with Chang Ning, I shouldn't have relaxed so quickly. They failed in the assassination, and then drove Chang Ning 'crazy'. I should have expected that the Wen family would not let it go."
Ye Zi was startled: "They also did that assassination?"
"It's probably close to ten, but I'm sure, Wen Shuhou must know about it." Gu Yan sneered and mocked, "This Duke Protector has never been a simple person, remember the previous Pei who secretly conspired with foreign enemies?" Yuan Zhi? He is Wen Shuhou's confidant, I don't believe that Wen Shuhou really knows nothing about what he did.
"...Wen Shuhou has done a lot of things behind the scenes these years, and I have already informed Gu Xing. There are some things that are inconvenient for me to do, so I have to let the third prince do it for me."
Ye Zi was stunned for a moment: "But you are not afraid..."
In his memory, after Gu Jun brought down Wen Shuhou, the crown prince mistakenly thought it was Gu Yan who did it, and completely pointed the finger at him.
Prince Gu Sheng is not a smart person, but behind him is a queen.That queen was cruel and merciless, and secretly used many bad tricks for the prince.
Now that Gu Yan has taken the initiative to disclose the matter of Wen Shuhou to Gu Zhen, will he also go on that road?
Ye Zi wanted to mention him, but he didn't know how to speak. Gu Yan suddenly asked, "A Zi, are you worried that after Gu Jun overthrows Duke Hu, it will be my turn to be the next one to suffer?"
Ye Zi bit her lip and nodded.
"Don't worry too much, I know it well." Gu Yan said, "Just now in the study, I had an open and honest talk with Gu Xun. Whether he seems to be fighting for power or taking the position, I will not interfere, and even Will help him in the dark."
"...I only ask him for one thing, and that is that if one day he ascends to the throne of God, he will let me leave Chang'an and find a happy place with you, and never care about the imperial power struggle."
Ye Zi's eyes suddenly became hot: "My lord..."
Gu Yan sighed, stepped forward and put him in his arms: "My Azi, are you still doubting me?"
Ye Zi shook his head: "I didn't..."
"It doesn't matter." Gu Yan interrupted him, "I didn't have an agreement with Gu Xing before, and I was always worried. Now that the matter has been resolved, it's time to talk about our matter."
Gu Yan found a carriage and took the two of them out of the city.
When Ye Zi came here, he came here on foot, and he walked for almost two hours.This time I changed to a car, and within half an hour, I arrived at Gu Yan's villa outside the city.
The two got out of the carriage, and the two guards outside Biezhuang hurriedly saluted them: "This subordinate has met the prince and concubine."
Gu Yan said: "My concubine and I came here to relax, we don't need to be waited on, just stay outside."
"Yes."
Gu Yan then pulled Ye Zi into the door.
Although the Biezhuang is not inhabited, it has been cleaned regularly.It is late spring now, and the flowers and plants in the yard have been carefully pruned, and they are flourishing and pleasant.But Ye Zi wasn't in the mood to appreciate the scenery, he didn't say a word the whole time, and his palms were sweating from nervousness.
Ye Zi couldn't tell exactly what mood he was in right now, he could roughly guess what Gu Yan would say to him, but he felt a little fearful in his heart.If it wasn't for Gu Yan holding his shoulders, he might have already run away at this moment.
Gu Yan noticed his strangeness, tilted his head and smiled and said, "I can feel your heartbeat from such a distance."
Ye Zi counseled, "Either...or let's go back."
Gu Yan said: "You don't want to hear me talk about the cause and effect?"
Ye Zi bit her lower lip.
He had kept this matter in his mind for so long, so he naturally wanted to figure it out, but...
Ye Zi didn't answer for a while, Gu Yan held his hand tightly, and said without a doubt: "A Zi, even if you want to leave today, I won't let you go. You have a good temper, you just like to put things aside. It's all stuffy."
Gu Yan looked down at him, sighed, and said softly: "It was like this in the past, and it's like this now..."
After finishing speaking, regardless of Ye Zi's thoughts, he was led into the small room where Ye Zi discovered the secret room.Gu Yan pushed open the door of the darkroom in front of Ye Zi, pulled him in, and lit the lights in the darkroom.
The dark room still looks like it did when Ye Zi left. The papers that were scattered on the floor were sorted out by Ye Zi and placed neatly on the table.
Gu Yan stepped forward and slid his fingers across the rice paper: "I rarely come here when I am awake. Over the years, every time I come here, I am delirious and muddleheaded. When I wake up, I find it difficult to face it. Get away in a hurry."
He unfolded a scroll of calligraphy and painting, and beckoned to Ye Zi who was still standing at the door: "Come here, why are you standing there in a daze."
Ye Zi walked over, and Gu Yan was looking down at the picture scroll in front of him seriously.
After a long time, he said softly, "Have you seen everything here?"
Ye Zi shook his head: "I haven't read all of it."
Gu Yan chuckled: "I wrote these words when I was not awake. There is nothing to see, but these paintings can be seen."
He lowered his head and rummaged through the scrolls, and with a wave of his hand, several scrolls were unfolded on the table one by one.
After his sorting, Ye Zi noticed that the ages of the people in the scroll were obviously different.From childhood to adulthood, it is like another person who has recorded a person's life with his eyes and brush.
Ye Zi's heart skipped a beat, Gu Yan raised his head and looked at him seriously: "The contents of these paintings are my personal experiences since I was a child."
"The person in the painting is not someone else, but you."
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